Contributed by Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society
Description
The interior of the First Parish Church in Portland, showing renovations done in 1907, including the addition of the Tiffany memorial ministerial tablet on the wall.
The church was built in 1825 and dedicated in February 1826. Nine parishioners contributed to buy the 600-pound cut-glass chandelier in the new building. It contains a 12-pound cannonball that was shot into the church during the 1775 British attack on Portland (then called Falmouth).
The church incorporated the cannonball into the chandelier of the former church structure and retained it in the new church.
About This Item
- Title: Interior, First Parish Church, Portland, ca. 1910
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Collection: Pierce family collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Pews and pew rights
- First Parish Church (Portland, Me.)
- Interiors
- Churches--Maine--Portland
- Plaques--1900-1910
- Glass chandeliers
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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